Chapter 165 Impressive Arkhen, Little Imp Meya

Inside the room on the floor below the ship's deck, Arkhen, Meya, Yeezy, Jeizy, Farin, Baloth, and Gereld stood in a round formation.

Gereld took out his Divine-grade chest, a platinum chest with golden and black patterns carved on it.

"Tier-3 Labyrinth's Divine-grade chest... I have also gotten it for the first time," Gereld said as his eyes showed anticipation. Without waiting for a second more, he opened the chest.

With a burst of sparks, the treasure chest turned into motes before revealing the items!

A total of 7 items, but all of them were super!

A skill scroll of an EX-rank skill!

An SSS-rank futuristic-looking cannon blaster gun?!

A Combat Art skill scroll of an SSS-rank combat art!

Perfect-grade Icy gemstone!

A mystical fruit oozing out soothing coldness. It had light blue icy skin with dark blue patterns!

A round pill with blue and black whirling patterns on it.

Lastly, 1000 rainbow high-grade essence stones!

Everyone present was both awed and envious.

"That icy fruit reminded me of something I got in the Southern Icy region," Arkhen said as he took out the mysterious icy flower from his inventory.

Seeing the flower, Farin narrowed her eyes before they widened as she uttered in surprise, "That's an Icy Filion Flower! The main ingredient to create an Ice affinity pill."

"Oh?" Arkhen was surprised. "If it can be used to create an Ice affinity pill, then I want to do it. How much will It cost?"

"Since you got the main ingredient, it will cost approximately five thousand high-grade essence stones. Affinity pills are expensive, so yeah," Farin said with a rueful smile. "Though the thing is, there's no 100% chance to awaken affinity even after consuming the pill."

"Add this into the fray," Gereld said as he took out the mystical ice-related fruit from his storage ring and gave it to Arkhen.

"Are you sure?" Arkhen asked as he raised his eyebrows at Gereld's generosity.

"You saved our lives back then. So don't think of this as me doing any favors to you. Just accept it," Gereld said with a grin.

"Yes, Arkhen. Accept it please," Meya said with a sweet smile.

"Eh, but this fruit can't be used as one of the ingredients to create the Ice affinity pill," Farin said with a wry smile.

Hearing her, Yeezy, Jeizy, and Baloth couldn't help but laugh while Gereld and Meya revealed an awkward smile.

"Then what is this fruit used for?" Gereld asked.

"It is for people with Ice affinity, it will be beneficial to you. Although it's less valuable than the flower generally, its value is higher for people who already have ice affinity," Farin said with a smile before revealing the effect of the fruit.

"This fruit can increase your understanding of Ice affinity, increasing your chance to level up your ice affinity. Additionally, it can also give you an Ice-related talent," Farin finished speaking, causing everyone to be surprised at the fruit's effects!

'Holy shit... This fruit can do such a thing?' Gereld thought inwardly as some hesitation appeared in his eyes. After all, he also had an ice-affinity because of his Star of Endowment. However, his eyes showed resolve quickly as he said, "Well then, Arkhen can use this fruit after he awakens ice-affinity."

'What should I do? Should be shameless and take the fruit or show generosity and let Gereld keep the fruit?' Arkhen thought. He thought about both decisions in his heart.

[My lord. A tyrant must also have a big heart despite it being ruthless. Gereld showed resolve to give the fruit to you despite it having very high value to him. Even though part of the reason was that you saved his life, it still shows his character. As such, you can also show him that you are even bigger-hearted than he is.

[Also, I am sure you must have noticed that he was paying attention to you at first when you entered the labyrinth to keep you safe until he realized that you were sufficiently powerful enough to survive with the team].

'Indeed. He also took me to the labyrinth so I could earn some rewards despite the opposition without knowing the full extent of my powers. Alright, I will feel better if I let him keep the fruit,' Arkhen thought before he stretched his hand towards the fruit in Gereld's hand as Gereld had his hand stretched towards Arkhen to give him the fruit.

Baloth and Farin showed slight dissatisfaction as they saw Arkhen stretching his hand towards the fruit to take it. In truth, they actually wanted Gereld to keep the fruit because, with the current status of the Kingdom, Gereld was the future hope, and he needed to get stronger more than anyone else in the Kingdom's younger generation.

Yeezy and Jeizy didn't show any particular emotion regarding that, same with Meya.

However, they soon saw something different.

Arkhen pushed the hand of Gereld instead of taking the fruit and laughed heartily before saying, "It's fine. Take the fruit. Saving you two already benefited me greatly. Moreover, I was also trapped there with you two and other people. So saving myself also resulted in saving all others, simple as that."

Hearing him, everyone was stunned.

"Are you sure?" Gereld asked hesitantly. To be honest, he expected Arkhen to take the fruit, and he was fine with that after coming to terms with himself.

"Don't dilly dally and put it back," Arkhen said as he rolled his eyes.

Putting the fruit back into his storage ring, Gereld said with a serious expression, "Then allow me to cover the rest of the cost to create the ice affinity pill for you."

"Alright, I am fine with that. Hahaha," Arkhen said before laughing as he sat down on the couch cross-legged "Now let's return to the kingdom quickly and eat. I am kind of hungry."

Everyone quickly raised several points of respect towards Arkhen. They were impressed! After all, on this path to power, few people would reject such boons.

Especially Yeezy and Jeizy, who felt more respect for Arkhen since he readily gave the skill to Yeezy in the labyrinth that would cost 400 high-grade essence stones and in turn, only asked for a small thing.

"Arkhen, you are weird!" Meya said with a grin as she sat beside Arkhen and grabbed his right arm. "I've never seen a first-class warrior like you. You should be more hungry for power."

"Oh, that I am," Arkhen said a fierce grin appeared on his face. "But a power that comes at the cost of my heartfelt desires and wishes would feel empty, no? Hahaha."

Farin and Baloth were genuinely grateful to Arkhen. Farin even sighed internally when she remembered her early interaction with Arkhen. 'You indeed cannot judge a book by its cover.'

"You're wrong, Meya. Arkhen is not just any First-class warrior," Yeezy said as her fluffy ears jumped up once with a smile on her face. "No average first-class warrior would have the capabilities he displayed in the labyrinth.

Arkhen, there will be three separate competitions for 2nd-class, 3rd-class, and 4th-class powerhouses in the Taiyun City of Pentarix continent after thirty-four days. If you can become a 2nd-class powerhouse before the deadline, you can come there to participate," Yeezy finished speaking as she sat on the couch as well.

"Yeah, haha. We'll bet on you and earn big money," Jeizy said with a loud laugh.

"Alright! I'll be there for it," Arkhen said with a dominating grin.

...

After everyone returned to the capital of Bariat Kingdom, they first ate some food before Farin and Baloth went to their residences.

Arkhen, Meya, Yeezy, and Jeizy stayed in the Grand Duke's palace.

Yeezy and Jeizy were also guests invited by Gereld after he found them here. So they stayed in the palace.

'How is Azela? Still sleeping?' Arkhen asked Velshi as he entered his room. 'Her sleeping time seems to be increasing for the past two days.'

[Yes, my lord. The reason for that is the wench going after her. Through the connection of the blessing, she is causing Azela to feel weak, which rises the hunger to get stronger in her heart. If we all didn't know about the true nature of her blessing, Azela would've already awakened her Star of Endowment, which would've resulted in a perilous situation for her].

'I see... '

[Azela sleeping inside the castle in Mystic Wonderland is more comfortable for her as the feeling of weakness vanishes there. The connection between Azela and that wench is cut off while Azela stays inside the Mystic Wonderland].

'Velshi. Can you consume some reality motes and check the status of that wench?'

[For minimum sufficient details regarding that, it will cost 389 reality motes. Do you wish to proceed?]

'Do it.'

A second later, the reality motes were deducted.

[Alright. She is indeed on the way here. She will enter this capital city in approximately three days and nine hours].

'Three days, huh? Alright. I'll also awaken my soul and make a connection with a Star of Endowment to complete the main quest before that,' Arkhen replied before he went into the balcony and took out all rainbow high-grade essence stones he got in the labyrinth, a total of 800 rainbow high-grade essence stones.

He also took out his personal gold-grade treasure chest, ready to open it.

*knock... knock*

"Who is it now?" Arkhen muttered as he put everything back into the inventory and went to open the door.

"Yo, pervert brother Arkhen," Meya entered the room with a grin on her face.

"What do you want?" Arkhen asked as he raised his eyebrows.

"Don't you want to feel sister Yeezy's big boobs?" Meya asked as she snickered. "I was talking with her in her room and told her how you like her."

"What the... Why did you do that?" Arkhen asked with a speechless expression.

"Baaaaka! Of course, I did that since you wanted to feel her. Hehe, don't you want to touch her fluffy ears, that tail, and her big, plump, and soft boobs?" Meya said with a pursed lips smile as she rapidly rose her eyebrows thrice while talking.

"I am not desperate for it," Arkhen said as he rolled his eyes. "If nothing else, you can go. I want to absorb the essence stones and open the treasure chest."

"What?! No. I already set up everything."

"What do you mean?" Arkhen asked with confusion. 'What could this brat have set up? Don't tell me she used aphrodisiac or something like that?'

"I said to her you wanted to talk to her and date her if possible. So I am here to tell you to go to her room as she agreed to talk to you," Meya said with a grin. "You know, everyone is impressed with you even though you are just a first-class powerhouse. Sister Yeezy even more so."

'Hmmm... I might as well have fun with Yeezy and complete the daily quest,' Arkhen thought before he said to Meya with a grin, "Alright, take me to her room."

Of course, Arkhen didn't plan to add her to his harem. He just didn't feel like genuinely loving anyone for now unless his heart's strings were involuntarily pulled by someone and Yeezy was not that someone.

Arkhen and Yeezy left the room and started walking in the corridor.

"What about her brother, Jeizy?" Arkhen asked.

"Jeizy should be sleeping in his room. Haha, no need to worry," Meya said before she elbowed Arkhen and whispered, "Sister Yeezy won't let me stay in the room while you two talk, but I want to see what happens."

"Of course, you won't stay there," Arkhen said with a wry smile.

"No, no. But I want to see," Meya said as she took out a square crystal with a black eye-like design inside. "Take this and stick it to the wall in front of you two, so I can watch."

Arkhen was speechless.